The protein energy malnutrition is also growing with the other nutrients deficient diseases such as anemia, osteoporosis, goiter, night blindness, and other joints and integumentary (skin system) diseases. Malnourished children have higher rates of infection, pressure ulcers, decreasing to wound heals, and children have to stay longer in the hospital or health care that costing more for treating malnutrition …show more content…
The protein energy malnutrition children are the 19.8% underweight, 42.5% stunting, 48%wasting and 54% mortality highest in the world (7). Showing in 1999, global data collecting surveys by nutrition and anthropometric data the results of 800 million children have nutrition stunting, 540 million children are underweight and 170 million children have wasting problem in the rural communities’ areas of the developing countries